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Topic: Hong Kong

How Hong Kong plans to pilot it’s digital currency in HK$1.8 trillion mortgage market?

The pilot project will look at potentially giving e-HKD loans to homebuyers in an e-wallet, both online and offline, the pilot participants said.

UN ‘alarmed’ after Hong Kong police detain 23 people on Tiananmen anniversary

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Twitter for the release of anyone detained for 'exercising freedom of expression and peaceful assembly'.

34 years since Tiananmen Square: Hong Kong detains scores, Taiwan commemorates massacre

As many as 6,000 policemen deployed at the site where residents of Hong Kong have been uniting on the anniversary of the massacre for years. Four arrested for "seditious intent".

Can AI make good CEOs? A Hong Kong gaming firm may have answers

Since the appointment of new CEO Ms Tang Yu, an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot, the company has outperformed Hong Kong’s stock market.

Hong Kong to scrap Covid mask mandate from March to restore business & tourism, says John Lee

The move comes after promotional campaign called "Hello Hong Kong" this month. In high risk places, administrators can decide whether to require staff and visitors to wear masks.

China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong urges British govt to stop ‘Hong Kong report’

A spokesperson at the ministry branch said Britain's report 'grossly interfered with Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, and seriously trampled on international law'.

China allows Hong Kong leader John Lee to bar overseas lawyers in national security cases

China's top lawmaking body John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city's courts, fueling concerns over judicial independence.

Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport restrictions with 60,000 travellers affected

Japan said it would limit flights from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China to Tokyo's two airports, plus Osaka & Nagoya from Friday, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday rush.

Do AIIMS hackers have a China connection? Investigators find file with ‘direct link’

Technical analysis of system revealed file with link to locations in neighbouring country. Probe on to ascertain if motive was espionage, sabotage or something else.

‘Blacklisted’ — Family fights to meet China democracy activist in jail for 20 years

Wang Bingzhang, convicted on charges of terrorism in a closed trial, has been living in solitary confinement for the past two decades without access to the internet or a telephone.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.